A Message from Lemony Snicket

Thursday, October 29, 2009. Posted at 12:32 pm

Dear Reader,

Every Halloween, I am disturbed by the number of children who jump out from the darkness and cry, “Boo!” If you have ever encountered such a person, you know that they are so upset that they are unable to finish the entire word, which is, of course, “Book.”

I am sorry to tell you that there are millions of children every year who can not afford a new book to read. Fortunately, there is a noble organization called First Book, which puts books in the hands of such children – more than 65 million books so far. Still, every Halloween, the ghastly cries of those growing up without new books rise into the night.

If you are as tired of hearing children cry “Boo!” as I am, you should probably do something about it. You might consider making a Halloween donation to First Book. For instance, $2.00 is an amount which here means “one new book.” And $20 is an amount which means “filling a backpack with enough books to make some lucky child a hunchback for Halloween.”

Wouldn’t you like to click here now to donate?

With all due respect,

Lemony Snicket

Lemony Snicket has written many alarming books for children including those in A Series of Unfortunate Events and he is one of 70 astonishing authors and artists, including Neil Gaiman, Margaret Atwood, and James Patterson, who contributed to Half-Minute Horrors, a collection of instant frights published in partnership with First Book. Half-Minute Horrors is available wherever books are sold.

Received from FirstBook.org.

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      Luigi on November 3rd, 2009 12:33 am

      That’s really sad. Let us do our part and help them. Books are one of the best source of knowledge. It’s just sad that some people cannot afford it.

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